User blog comment:Eskapist19/Devil May Cry 5/@comment-1332195-20091223120027

I was talking in terms of size scale, not styling. OotS have blown their budget already, and it's not exactly DMC to retain main antagonists between games. If one were to show up, it's be Hell that builds it I wager (maybe Satan or whatever he'll be called; someone did mention someone superior to Mundus). The game will need a visually spectacular showpiece; something to top the Saviour or Temen-Ni-Gru, and this idea is as good as any.

Exceed was always going to have teething troubles; the only comparble weapon I can think of is FF VIII's gunblades, and that's quite a departure from Dante's swords. I too find ex-act and max-act a little tricky to time for most strikes(but that mayb coz I've only played it for a month!), and charging normally takes too long, but it's a novel idea and worth sticking to. Speaking of gunblades, that might by one for the future (could be Lady's), shooting magnum rounds on impact siniliar to exceed, they can go through enemies and hit ones behind for extra style.

Spears, hmmm? Could be Lance of Longinus (so a plot device too) to help finish the job for good. He usually has gauntlets & greaves, so pick an element (I propose boxing gloves for humour), and a flamethrower (for irony's sake, nothing amuses more than devils running around with their backsides on fire). Vergil needs a broadsword, so he can use his Force Edge moves again, and g&g for Beowulf moves (I say he steals Beowulf coz he's already familiar with it). A shinobou perhaps?